Agri-tourism in New Zealand

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Deep in New Zealand's Southern Alps there's a famous farm tour that has been operating since the 1980s and which is enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. Walter Peak Farm isn't just a slick operation in a spectacular location, it has a not-so-secret added attraction in the form of the Earnslaw - a coal-fired Edwardian steam ship which is used to transport tourists to the farm, 45 minutes across Lake Wakatipu. Once there, visitors are given a flavour of the country's agriculture as well as watching sheep-shearing and dog-handling demonstrations. We join Nancy Nicolson aboard the Earnslaw as she sails to meet the tour operators. She asks them how authentic a farming experience tourists get and finds out what UK farms could learn from one of the world's most successful agri-tourism enterprises. Produced and presented by Nancy Nicolson